单词 | collector |
释义 | collector —collectorship, collectorate, n. /keuh lek"teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that collects. 2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc. 3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby. 4. Elect. a device for accumulating current from contact conductors. 5. Electronics. an electrode in a transistor or vacuum tube for collecting electrons, ions, or holes. 6. Metall. promoter (def. 5). 7. Energy. See solar collector. [1375-1425; late ME ( < AF) < ML, equiv. to L colleg- (var. s. of colligere; see COLLECT1) + -tor -TOR] |
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